Inserting Images in KMail

[Alvin]

On Tuesday 03 March 2009 20:24:03 Mark Greenwood wrote:
> On Tuesday 03 March 2009 08:28:57 Alvin wrote:
> > On Monday 02 March 2009 23:40:42 Mark Greenwood wrote:
> > > OK, I think I know the answer to this already, and I think it's that
> > > KMail doesn't do HTML very well.. but just in case here goes.
> > >
> > > I want to insert an image into a mail so it appears inline, not as an
> > > attachment (like I can do in Evolution, Thunderbird, blimey even
> > > Outlook Express does that....) but KMail seems to only want to insert
> > > images as attachments, even though it's happy to display inline images
> > > in received messages. Is there something I'm missing, can I actually do
> > > this? I fear not, because the KMail developers seem to suffer from
> > > HTML-o-phobia if the mail archives are anything to go on :)
> >
> > You don't need HTML for that. (HTML mail is evil)
>
> In what way is HTML mail "evil"? That's the attitude the KMail developers
> take. HTML mail is very useful.

There might be a few uses for it, I think. I don't use it and I write a lot of 
mail. In most cases it just enlarges the mail. It is considered bad manners, 
and certainly on a mailing list. My IMAP mailbox is only 20MB (yes, I'm paying 
for that). Imagine a person who posts a lot of questions each day while using 
HTML mail. I would have to unsubscribe from the list.

> I'll just have to use Thunderbird or Evolution instead.. but it's not a
> very nice resolution to the problem is it? I'll have to dispense with a
> nice, integrated mail client and use something else just because of
> someone's prejudice against technology. I mean, come on, grow up.
>
> > Just right-click your attachment, choose properties and check 'Suggest
> > automatic display'.
>
> Yeah, done that, but my friend's email client still just showed it as an
> attachment.

Ah, maybe he doesn't want to display attachments automatically. Hence the 
'suggestion'. Having control about how you want to view your mail is a good 
thing. What mail client is that?

-- 
Alvin